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walk into en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To collide with by walking.
    • Watch where you're going. You nearly walked into that man.
    • Mind you don't walk into that wall.
  2. To fall into (a trap or other situation), especially one that could have been avoided with more care.
    • The platoon walked into an ambush.
    • You really walked into that trap, didn't you?
  3. (archaic, colloquial) To attack; to assault physically.
  4. (archaic, colloquial) To storm at.
  5. (archaic, colloquial) To eat heartily of.
    • Such a precious loud hymn, Sammy, while the tea was a brewing; such a grace, such eatin’ and drinkin’! I wish you could ha’ seen the shepherd walkin’ into the ham and muffins. I never see such a chap to eat and drink—never. 1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
walking into Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walks into Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
walked into Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
walked into Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

go into